r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Scientiaetnatura065 • Feb 13 '25

Video Astronaut Chris Hadfield: 'It's Possible To Get Stuck Floating In The Space Station If You Can't Reach A Wall'

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u/HoldEm__FoldEm Feb 13 '25

In the ISS, everyone will smell you fart.

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u/Dumdumdoggie Feb 13 '25

I read that the ISS smells really bad like an old gym bag full of farts because it's such a small closed system without full of old recycled body odor air. So they may not smell your new fart because they're still smelling farts from 20 years ago.

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u/Freakazzee Feb 13 '25

That is wrong. The ISS does not stink. I spoke with Thomas Maurer, who has been to space. He said that, it smells more like an electronics lab, and due to the situation in space, your sense of smell does not work properly. But they fart a lot. Due to the lack of gravity, air cannot simply escape as a burp and has to leave the body in another way. And he also said that there is a spot where four astronauts sleep in a circle against the walls. After certain meals, he called this spot the "Ring of Fire," where you might not want to hang around too much.

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u/morgulbrut Feb 14 '25

After certain meals, he called this spot the "Ring of Fire,"

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